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"I think in our current budget climate this year, and certainly next year, we have to decide what we're not going to do anymore as a community. Those are the choices before us, and I don't want to do things not well."

“I think in our current budget climate this year, and certainly next year, we have to decide what we're not going to do anymore as a community. Those are the choices before us, and I don't want to do things not well.”
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May 20, 2026

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But I, I did put forward $700,000 because that is what Travel Juno spends on destination marketing. And I think in our current budget climate this year, and certainly next year, we have to decide what we're not going to do anymore as a community. Those are the choices before us, and I don't want to do things not well. I want to do them the way they're supposed to be doing them. And when I look at the survey results, this is the thing that the community, um, wants us to spend less money on if we have to choose.

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